[I Shall Endure]

OTOH, transitioning from subsistence agriculture to modern industrial farming means more efficient use of land, and possible reforestation as former peasants move to the cities and suburbs. That’s been America’s experience.

[familyop]

"OTOH, transitioning from subsistence agriculture to modern industrial farming means more efficient use of land,..."

Efficient as far as mechanization goes, yes. But the density of yield is far less. An individual using either hand tools or mechanization and automation can do far more with an acre than the big ag corporations are and can leave the soil much more fertile.

"...and possible reforestation as former peasants move to the cities and suburbs."

See where those peasants are going now. More of them will be moving to tent cities over the next few years. Globalism is falling in business and will do so in government.